Soyuz TM-18
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Mission name: | Soyuz TM-18 |
Call sign: | Дербе́нт (Derbent) |
Number of crew members: | 3 launched / 2 landed |
Launch: | January 8, 1994 10:05:34 UTC Baikonur LC1 |
Landing: | July 9, 1994 10:32:35 UTC 110 km N of Arkalyk |
Duration: | 182 days 00 hours 27 minutes 01 seconds |
Number of Orbits: | ~2,910 |
[edit] Crew
Launched:
- Viktor Afanasyev (2)
- Yury Usachev (1)
- Valeri Polyakov (2)
Landed:
- Viktor Afanasyev (2)
- Yury Usachev (2)
[edit] Mission parameters
- Mass: 7150 kg
- Perigee: 244 km
- Apogee: 335 km
- Inclination: 51.6°
- Period: 90.1 minutes
[edit] Mission highlights
18th expedition to Mir.
Afanasyev and Usachev spent 179 days on Mir. Dr. Polyakov was slated to return to Earth on Soyuz-TM 20 in March 1995, after more than 420 days on Mir.
Manned spaceflights to Mir | |
Soyuz T-15 | Soyuz TM-2 | Soyuz TM-3 | Soyuz TM-4 | Soyuz TM-5 | Soyuz TM-6 | Soyuz TM-7 | Soyuz TM-8 | Soyuz TM-9 | Soyuz TM-10 | Soyuz TM-11 | Soyuz TM-12 | Soyuz TM-13 | Soyuz TM-14 | Soyuz TM-15 | Soyuz TM-16 | Soyuz TM-17 | Soyuz TM-18 | Soyuz TM-19 | Soyuz TM-20 | Soyuz TM-21 | STS-71 | Soyuz TM-22 | STS-74 | Soyuz TM-23 | STS-76 | Soyuz TM-24 | STS-79 | STS-81 | Soyuz TM-25 | STS-84 | Soyuz TM-26 | STS-86 | STS-89 | Soyuz TM-27 | STS-91 | Soyuz TM-28 | Soyuz TM-29 | Soyuz TM-30 |